TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to carry out a techno‐economic evaluation of the business prospects of Free Space Optical (FSO) technology as an alternative last mile solutionDesign/methodology/approach–The analysis is based on the results from the TONIC tool that takes into account parameters such as network topology, area characteristics, service demand, price evolution forecasting and calculates several economic figures‐of‐merits. Furthermore in order to analyze market and technologies uncertainties a thorough risk analysis has been performedFindings–The results reveal that FSO technology could provide a viable alternative in cases where the existing duct availability is limited especially compared to the Fiber‐to‐the‐Home (FFTH) solutions.Originality/value–This paper studies two alternative last mile broadband technologies FSO and FTTH
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SN  - 1463-6697
DO  - 10.1108/14636690910955006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14636690910955006
AU  - Rokkas Theodoros
AU  - Katsianis Dimitris
AU  - Kamalakis Thomas
AU  - Varoutas Dimitris
AU  - Sphicopoulos Thomas
ED  - Dimitris Varoutas
ED  - Heikki Hämmäinen
ED  - Ilari Welling
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Evaluation of FSO and FTTH technologies using techno‐economic and risk analysis
T2  - info
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 87
EP  - 96
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -